July 22, 2014
Private equity-owned Japanese restaurant chain Benihana Inc. escaped two separate suits Tuesday after a Delaware federal judge agreed to dismiss both Benihana of Tokyo Inc.'s claims that it violated a merger agreement with foreign trademark applications and a defamation suit lodged by the restaurant founder's widow.
June 27, 2011
Benihana Inc. on Friday urged a federal judge in Delaware to toss a defamation suit filed by the restaurant founder's widow in the ongoing breach of contract and unfair competition litigation over control of the struggling steakhouse chain and its intellectual property.